Cigar-cutter.



Patented Nov. 27, |900.

R. F. BARTEL CIGAR GUTTER.

(Applicatiun filed Jan. 4, 1900.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 662,751, dated November 27, 190i).

Application led January 4, 1900. Serial No. 374. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, RUDOLPH F. BARTEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bayonne, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cigar-Cutters, of which the following is a specification.

rlhis invention relates to a device for cutting` off the tip of a cigar.

The slide or cutting member of this device is double-acting or is provided witha plurality oi'l cutting edges or a double-edge blade, so that such slide can eut on both its back and forth strokes.

The device can be made simple and is not liable to get out of order and no returningspring is required.

rlhecutteris set forth in the following speciiication and claims and illustrated in the annexed drawings, in which- Figure l is a face view of the cutter. Fig. 2 shows the slide exposed, being a section along A A, Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a section along B B, Fig. l. Fig. 4 is a view like Fig. 3, the slide having moved or made a stroke in one direction. Fig. 5 is a section along O O, Fig. 6, illustrating a modification. Fig. 6 is a sectional edge view of said modification. Figs. 7 and 8 are sectional views taken at right angles to each other and illustrate another modification.

The knife or cutting edge is seen at a, Fig. 2, of circular shape and is formed in the sliding plate l). This plate moves to and fro in the sheath c, having the opening cZ,with which the cutting edge a can be brought in alinement, as shown in Figs. l to The tip of a cigar being now inserted through hole CZ and the sliding plate?? moved to position, as shown in Fig. 4, the tip of such cigar will be readily cut oft. As the sliding plate ZJ is provided with another cutting edge a', the latter is now in alinement with opening d, so that the operation of cutting can be repeated, as before,

the plate b, With its cutting-edges a a', effecting cutting when moved in either direction. The cutting edges or knives can, however, also be independent of the sliding plate Z). The modiiication in Fig. 5 shows cutting edges a am in the form of a double-edged knifeblade e, which can be suitably secured to sliding plate ZJ' in diagonal orother position across the slotf, so that this device is also doubleacting.

The double-acting blade e (shown in Figs. 5 and 6) could be made removable, so as to facilitate sharpening or repair. By having the body or sheath c and slide b flat the dev vice can be readily carried, say, in the vestpocket or will not be clumsy if attached, for example, to a watch-chain. The slide Z) can have a ring or eye for suspension or attachmeut. The body c being flat and having the perfor-ations (Z registered or opposite one another, a cigar-tip can be passed or held in the two holes (Lso as to be neatly sheared or e nt off. The cutting edges a am of blade e in Figs. 5 and (i face in opposite directions, as seen, and the edges a a' of the two perforations in the slide shown in Fig. l are sharpened about their entire extent. As a hole in the slide shown in Fig. l or the hole or open partf in the slide shown in Fig. is brought opposite to or made to register with holes d a cigar-tip can be passed through the holes in the slide and sheath, and as the slide is moved, say, from the position shown in Fig. 3 to that shown in Fig. 4 or contrariwise the tip is cut off.

It will be observed that in each form of construction the cutter-slide is arranged to eX- tend beyond both ends of the sheath or case, so that it can be readily pushed therein both upward and downward or back and forth to cut olif the tip end of a cigar in both directions of slide movement.

The sheath or the slide can be left plain or ornamented or provided with lettering or advertisements, if seen fit.

The sheath can be made of one piece or in sections, as seen lit.

The sheath or device instead of being dat could be of other shape in cross-section, Figs. 7 and 8--as, for example, cylindrical or approximately so; but a dat shape is thought to be of advantage.

In Figs. 7 and 8 the slide is designated by b", its double-acting cutting edges by a4 a5, the sheath by c, and the openings therein by d d.

As shown in each of the several forms of construction illustrated in the drawings, the slide and its sheath or case are in frictional engagement, so that when the slide is moved IOO endwise to one of its positions it will so remain until moved toits opposite position. In the opposite sides of the sheath or case there are openings that register with each other, as hereinbefore described, and the slide is provided with a plurality of openings having knife-edges and so spaced apart that one of these openings, with its knife-edges, will pass bythe openings in the sheath when the slide is moved in either direction, and thus the slide is double-acting and is capable of cut ting off a cigar-tip in either direction of movement.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The herein-described cigar-cutter, consisting of a case or sheath provided in its op posite sides with openings that register with each other, and a reciprocating cutter-slide inclosed in said case or sheath in frictional contact therewith on all sides and having a plurality of perforations provided with oppositely-iacing double-acting cutter edges at said perforations, the said cutter-slide being arranged to extend beyond both ends of said sheath or case, whereby it is adapted to be pushed in opposite directions to cut off the v tip end of a cigar in both directions of Inoveinent, substantially as described.

2. The herein-described cigar-cutter, consisting of a flattened case or sheath provided in its opposite sides with openings that register with each other, and a flattened cutterslide inclosed in said sheath or case in frictional Contact therewith on all sides and provided withla plurality of perforations, each having double-acting cutter edges adapted to cut off the tip end of a cigar in both directions of slide movement, the said cutter-slide being arranged to extend beyond both ends of said sheath or case to be pushed therein upward and downward, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

' RUDOLPH F. BARTEL.

Witnesses:

W. O. HAUFF, E. F. KASTENHUBER. 

